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One of the attempts to define abnormality is through the use of statistical infrequency. This is when statistics can be used to define the norm for any group of people.
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One of the attempts to define abnormality is through the use of statistical infrequency. This is when statistics can be used to define the norm for any group of people. A norm is something that is regular or typical. If one is bale to define what is common, then one can also get an idea of what is not common i.e. abnormal. For example with a class of 10 students, 9 were right-handed; the one person that left-handed would be defined and classed as abnormal. This can be further illustrated through the use of a graph. In a normal distribution (Symmetrical bell-shaped curve) most people are in the central group clustered around the mean and the fewer people are at either extreme. This model is good as in some situations it is appropriate to use statistical measure to define abnormality. The statistical infrequency model works better for some human behaviours...
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